On May 19, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote:

> There are new Microcontroller oriented ARM core like Cortex M3.
> If Microchip's patent is invalidated, more lower end ARM based
> MCU will be out.
>
> http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARM_Cortex-M3.html
> http://www.luminarymicro.com/index.php? 
> option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=187
>
With a $700+ development board for their $1 micro, they're
making even Freescale/motorola look good...  That seems to
be a generic problem with the "cheap" ARMs.  Your cheap
chip rapidly becomes a $30+ breakout assembly...

Has anyone tried one yet?  I laid out a little breakout board
with a couple LEDs and such for cheaper experimentation, but I'm
not sure how I'd talk to it to load code/etc.

BillW
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